Improvement in bottle-stoppers



T. A. WEBER. 'BOTTLEV-ST-OPPERS.

P ate nted Aug. 21,1877

No. 1s4;4e-1.

fweniof i N. PETERS, PHOTO'UTHbGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE A. WEBEB OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO PHILIP L. STRAUSS, OFSAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-STOPPERS.

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Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 194,491, dated August21,1877; application filed May 14, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THEODORE A. WEBER, of thecity of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers and I dohereby declare that the following is a full and clear description of myinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which-itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a similar view, showingthe bottle open by withdrawing the stopper; and Fig. 3 is an axialsection of the stopper and neck of bottle on the line represented by :10m in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention relates tothat class of bottlestoppers in which the closingof the mouth of the bottle is efl'ected by lateral expansion of anelastic cylinder and it consists in the construction and combination ofsuch a laterallyexpansible cylinder with a central pin, on which itslides, and with an eccentric lever for operating it, substantially ashereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

The stopper is attached to the bottle in the usual manner, asillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, by a neck-wire, F, and bail E. The bail Ebears with its two ends against the shoulder G of the bottle-neck, andpasses through the end of pin A, which is perforated at a to allow bailE to pass through.

D is an eccentric, consisting of two leaves or disks, D D, one on eachside of pin A, united by the bent projecting handle d. Disks D D areperforated eccentrically, as shown at c, bail E passing throughperforations c, as well as through the perforation a in pin A, whichtherefore serves as a fulcrum for eccentric lever D, which, when broughtin the position shown in Fig. 1, forces a perforated washer, B, whichsurrounds and slides upon pin A, being placed on the top of the rubbercylinder 0, downward on the pin A against the annular bottom flange orbutton H, thus spreading out the rubber cylinder against the side andtop surface of the bottle-mouth.

When the eccentric lever D is in the position shown in Fig. 2, therubber cylinder 0,

expanding to its full length, .Will force back the washer B on pin A,thus allowing the removal of the stopper from the bottle-mouth.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- In combination with the swingingbail E, the perforated elastic stopper 0, pin A, sliding washer B, andeccentric D D d, constructed and combined to operate substantially asand for the purpose herein shown and specified.

THEODORE A. WEBER. Witnesses:

FRANK L. LAMIBRECHT, CHARLES D. ULITZ.

